2020 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).^[2]

The qualifying stages were structured as follows:

• First stage (6 teams): The three winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 13 teams which were given byes to the second stage.
• Second stage (16 teams): The eight winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage.
• Third stage (8 teams): The four winners of the third stage advanced to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which was held on 17 December 2019.

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Progreso	0	1	1
	Barcelona	2	3	5
							Barcelona	4	1	5
							Sporting Cristal	0	2	2
	Sporting Cristal			Bye
													Barcelona	1	4	5
													Cerro Porteño	0	0	0
	Carabobo	1	0	1
	Universitario	1	1	2
							Universitario	1	0	1
							Cerro Porteño	1	1	2
	Cerro Porteño			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Cerro Largo			Bye
							Cerro Largo	1	1	2
							Palestino	1	5	6
	Palestino			Bye
													Palestino	0	1	1
													Guaraní	1	2	3
	San José	0	0	0
	Guaraní	1	4	5
							Guaraní (a)	1	1	2
							Corinthians	0	2	2
	Corinthians			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Independiente Medellín			Bye
							Independiente Medellín	4	0	4
							Deportivo Táchira	0	2	2
	Deportivo Táchira			Bye
													Independiente Medellín (p)	1	0	1 (4)
													Atlético Tucumán	0	1	1 (2)
	The Strongest			Bye
							The Strongest	2	0	2 (5)
							Atlético Tucumán (p)	0	2	2 (6)
	Atlético Tucumán			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Macará			Bye
							Macará	0	0	0
							Deportes Tolima	1	1	2
	Deportes Tolima			Bye
													Deportes Tolima	0	0	0
													Internacional	0	1	1
	Universidad de Chile			Bye
							Universidad de Chile	0	0	0
							Internacional	0	2	2
	Internacional			Bye

The first legs were played on 21–22 January, and the second legs were played on 28–29 January 2020.^[8][9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San José	0–5	Guaraní	0–1	0–4
Carabobo	1–2	Universitario	1–1	0–1
Progreso	1–5	Barcelona	0–2	1–3

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22)

18:15 UTC−4

San José	0–1	Guaraní
	Report	Báez 85' (pen.)

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro

Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29)

19:15 UTC−3

Guaraní	4–0	San José
É. Benítez 17' Maná 25' F. Fernández 78' Redes 84'	Report

Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa^{[note 1]}

Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

Guaraní won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C7).

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21)

18:15 UTC−4

Carabobo	1–1	Universitario
Tortolero 46'	Report	Dos Santos 83'

Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana^{[note 2]}

Referee: Alexander Ospina (Colombia)

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28)

19:30 UTC−5

Universitario	1–0	Carabobo
Alonso 24'	Report

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Referee: Bráulio Machado (Brazil)

Universitario won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C1).

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22)

21:30 UTC−3

Progreso	0–2	Barcelona
	Report	F. Martínez 22' L. Martínez 48'

Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo^{[note 3]}

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29)

19:30 UTC−5

Barcelona	3–1	Progreso
Díaz 13' F. Martínez 57' Velasco 73'	Report	Rosso 56'

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C8).

The first legs were played on 4–6 February, and the second legs were played on 11–13 February 2020.^[8][12]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universitario	1–2	Cerro Porteño	1–1	0–1
Cerro Largo	2–6	Palestino	1–1	1–5
Independiente Medellín	4–2	Deportivo Táchira	4–0	0–2
Macará	0–2	Deportes Tolima	0–1	0–1
Universidad de Chile	0–2	Internacional	0–0	0–2
The Strongest	2–2 (5–6 p)	Atlético Tucumán	2–0	0–2
Guaraní	2–2 (a)	Corinthians	1–0	1–2
Barcelona	5–2	Sporting Cristal	4–0	1–2

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)

17:15 UTC−5

Universitario	1–1	Cerro Porteño
Dos Santos 52'	Report	Ruiz 65'

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

19:15 UTC−3

Cerro Porteño	1–0	Universitario
Carrizo 61'	Report

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Cerro Porteño won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)

19:15 UTC−3

Cerro Largo	1–1	Palestino
Borges 29'	Report	Benítez 71'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel, Maldonado^{[note 4]}

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

19:15 UTC−3

Palestino	5–1	Cerro Largo
Carrasco 18' Farías 34', 76' Benegas 71' Tarifeño 88'	Report	Borges 78'

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago^{[note 5]}

Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

Palestino won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente Medellín	4–0	Deportivo Táchira
Reina 3' (pen.), 43' Angulo 23' Cuesta 70'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)

18:15 UTC−4

Deportivo Táchira	2–0	Independiente Medellín
Cermeño 38' Angarita 68'	Report

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

Independiente Medellín won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)

19:30 UTC−5

Macará	0–1	Deportes Tolima
	Report	Campaz 76'

Estadio Bellavista, Ambato

Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)

19:30 UTC−5

Deportes Tolima	1–0	Macará
Campaz 42'	Report

Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro, Ibagué

Referee: Juan Benítez (Paraguay)

Deportes Tolima won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)

18:00 UTC−3^{[note 6]}

Universidad de Chile	0–0	Internacional
	Report

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)

19:15 UTC−3

Internacional	2–0	Universidad de Chile
Boschilia 43' Marcos Guilherme 76'	Report

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Internacional won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)

20:30 UTC−4

The Strongest	2–0	Atlético Tucumán
Reinoso 45+1' Willie 69'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Tucumán	2–0	The Strongest
Ortiz 22' Heredia 58'	Report
Penalties
Toledo Carrera Lucchetti Lotti Bravo Fernández Ortiz	6–5	Reinoso Veizaga Valverde Willie Blackburn Castillo Torres

Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Tucumán won on penalties and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)

21:30 UTC−3

Guaraní	1–0	Corinthians
Morel 7'	Report

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción^{[note 1]}

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)

21:30 UTC−3

Corinthians	2–1	Guaraní
Luan 9' Boselli 32'	Report	F. Fernández 53'

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Guaraní won on away goals and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)

19:30 UTC−5

Barcelona	4–0	Sporting Cristal
F. Martínez 6', 50' Marques 13' Álvez 82' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

13 February 2020 (2020-02-13)

19:30 UTC−5

Sporting Cristal	2–1	Barcelona
Sandoval 80' Olivares 90+3' (pen.)	Report	F. Martínez 68'

Estadio Nacional, Lima^{[note 7]}

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Barcelona won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

The first legs were played on 18–20 February, and the second legs were played on 25–27 February 2020.^[17][18]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	5–0	Cerro Porteño	1–0	4–0
Palestino	1–3	Guaraní	0–1	1–2
Independiente Medellín	1–1 (4–2 p)	Atlético Tucumán	1–0	0–1
Deportes Tolima	0–1	Internacional	0–0	0–1

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)

19:30 UTC−5

Barcelona	1–0	Cerro Porteño
F. Martínez 25'	Report

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

26 February 2020 (2020-02-26)

19:15 UTC−3

Cerro Porteño	0–4	Barcelona
	Report	L. Martínez 34' F. Martínez 66', 82' Díaz 73'

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group A).

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)

19:15 UTC−3

Palestino	0–1	Guaraní
	Report	Redes 45+1'

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago^{[note 5]}

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

27 February 2020 (2020-02-27)

19:15 UTC−3

Guaraní	2–1	Palestino
Bobadilla 49' Redes 83'	Report	Benegas 45+1'

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción^{[note 1]}

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Guaraní won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group B).

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente Medellín	1–0	Atlético Tucumán
Ricaurte 16'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Tucumán	1–0	Independiente Medellín
Heredia 20'	Report
Penalties
Díaz Lotti Aguirre Monzón	2–4	Ricaurte Cadavid Castro Arregui

Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Independiente Medellín won on penalties and advanced to the group stage (Group H).

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)

19:30 UTC−5

Deportes Tolima	0–0	Internacional
	Report

Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro, Ibagué

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

26 February 2020 (2020-02-26)

21:30 UTC−3

Internacional	1–0	Deportes Tolima
Guerrero 45+4'	Report

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

Internacional won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group E).

The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.

Pos	Match	Third stage losers	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	G3	Atlético Tucumán	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Copa Sudamericana
2	G4	Deportes Tolima	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
3	G2	Palestino	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
4	G1	Cerro Porteño	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0